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n. a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"

n. any competition; "the race for the presidency"

n. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

raceway

n. a canal for a current of water

subspecies

n. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

wash, backwash, slipstream, airstream

n. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

run

v. compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first"

speed, hurry, rush, hasten, hotfoot, hie, belt along, bucket along, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along

v. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

house, family, household, menage, ménage

n. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

blood, descent, line, stock, ancestry, lineage, origin, pedigree, bloodline, parentage, line of descent, blood line

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

dynasty

n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

strain, stock, variety, breed

n. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

form, sort, variety, kind, species

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

clip, trot, jog

v. run at a moderately swift pace

hurry, rush

v. urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"

speed, hurry, zip, travel rapidly

v. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

rush, stimulate, hasten, induce

v. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

hurry, rush, hasten, look sharp, act quickly

v. act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"

hasten, expedite

v. speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite the process"

fly, flee, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

cascade, cascade down, fall like a cascade

v. rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

plunk, dive, plunge

v. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"

pour, cause to run

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

soar, zoom, surge, soar up, soar upwards, rise rapidly

v. rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

flit, flutter, dart, fleet

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

blitz, attack suddenly and without warning

v. attack suddenly and without warning; "Hitler blitzed Poland"

scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter, move rapidly

v. to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

streak

v. run naked in a public place

gallop

v. go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

jump, leap, spring, bound

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

submerge, sink below the surface

v. sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

run off, decide by a runoff

v. decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

speed, quicken, accelerate, speed up

v. move faster; "The car accelerated"

charge, bear down on, rush at, make a rush attack

v. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

dawdle, linger, move slowly, take one's time

v. take one's time; proceed slowly

retard, slow down, decelerate, slow, slow up

v. lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"

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